Benefit Sharing Project (BSP)
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Benefit Sharing Project (BSP)
Benefit Sharing Project (BSP)
Benefit Sharing Project Main Report Released
The Moon Village Association has completed its work on the Benefit Sharing Project (BSP), which ran from Fall 2022 to Spring 2026, a pivotal period for lunar exploration as humanity returns to the Moon, this time to stay.
The primary goal of the BSP is to identify concrete mechanisms that enable access to and benefit sharing of cislunar and lunar activities.
The 2026 BSP Main Report and Annexes 1 & 2 are now uploaded (see links below), together with the 2025 PSP Policy Brief, included in the 2025 COPUOS LSC technical session CRP.
- Annex 1 contains the list of participants to the BSP.
- Annex 2 includes a list of authors together with their written contributions to the BSP.
While the main project is concluded, MVA may keep posting BSP updates in future to showcase significant steps and progress.
Further, if you are interested in providing written contributions to the BSP to be included in future updates, please feel free to contact Christophe Bosquillon gro.n1776544015oitai1776544015cossa1776544015egall1776544015ivnoo1776544015m@nol1776544015liuqs1776544015ob.eh1776544015potsi1776544015rhc1776544015 for future publication of your inputs in ways that benefit the entire ecosystem of cislunar activities.
Organised by a diverse MVA team of over 55 members among 26 countries, the BSP aims to reduce the 3G gap of Geography, Gender, and Generation through international cooperation and inclusive professional practices.
The BSP outputs are made available to UN COPUOS member states and committees, including and not limited to the Action Team on Lunar Activities Consultation (ATLAC) and the Legal Subcommittee Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities.
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Benefit Sharing Project (BSP)
The Benefit Sharing Project was launched by Moon Village Association in 2022 and is part of the Lunar Governance Working Group’s (previously Adaptive Governance) activities.
The BSP works on identifying the benefits that the use and exploration of the Moon are expected to create, and developing concrete mechanisms that can be adopted to assure that lunar activities are beneficial for the whole society, and socio-economic gaps are mitigated as humanity goes back to the Moon.
Why share benefits?
Within the next ten years, more than 100 lunar missions are planned to occur, governmental and non-governmental. Whilst acknowledging the outstanding achievements this return to the Moon can promote in many areas, we also recall that not every nation will be involved, and there are no guarantees that all humanity will benefit from this new era of space exploration.
International Space Law is based on the general recognition that the use and exploration of outer space shall be the province of humankind, and shall be carried out for the benefit and in the interests of all countries, irrespective of their degree of economic or scientific development.
The BSP believes that establishing mechanisms for an equitable sharing of benefits is a path to advance in the use and exploration of the Moon ensuring that the interests of all humanity are not only contemplated but decisively addressed, while encouraging the development of lunar activities by those who already have the capabilities to begin this journey but may lack incentives for behavior better than required.
The Deliverables
The Benefit Sharing Project is building a central working document, proposing operational and actionable solutions for lunar activities benefit sharing, focusing on 3 major sections:
- a legal analysis of the space and lunar activities benefit sharing context;
- an inventory of benefit sharing practical implementations from the ground up, proposing a variety of mechanisms that do not necessarily involve compulsory monetary benefit sharing;
- a review of the current space domain governance process to assess possibilities for operationalization of BSP proposals (UN COPUOS, industry, civil society, academia etc.).
The document is intended to guide governmental and private operators’ policies and activities, while also providing building blocks for the UN to possibly establish a benefit sharing regime in the future.
The Team & Get Involved
Chaired Christophe Bosquillon, the BSP team gathers more than 50 members and forms a diverse international group in terms of Generation, Gender, Geography and professional background.
We believe diversity is decisive to widen our perception of different demands that arise from different contexts, and develop creative solutions.
Project’s members are working either as early stage contributors and/or later stage reviewers.
Interested? Get involved by contacting the co-chairs of the BSP:
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